different between furore vs agitation

English

Alternative forms

• furor

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian furore, from Latin furor.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fj???????i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?fj????/

• Rhymes: -???i

Noun

furore (countable and uncountable, plural furores)

1. Uproar; enthusiastic anger.
2. Excitement or commotion.

Related terms

• fury

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Italian furore, from Latin furor (“frenzy, rage, madness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /furo?r?/, [fu??o??]

Noun

furore c (singular definite furoren, not used in plural form)

1. furore

Italian

Etymology

From Latin furor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?ro.re/
• Rhymes: -ore

Noun

furore m (plural furori)

1. fury, violence
2. frenzy
3. excitement

Related terms

• furia
• furoreggiare

Latin

Noun

fur?re

1. ablative singular of furor

English

Etymology

From French agitation, from Latin agit?ti? (“movement, agitation”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ad????te??(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æ.d????te?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

agitation (countable and uncountable, plural agitations)

1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

2. A disturbance of personal tranquillity; disturbance of someone's peace of mind.

   Synonym: perturbation

3. Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.
   • 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II

     […] religious agitations […]

4. (archaic) Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate.
   • 1732, Jonathan Swift, The Advantages Proposed by Repealing the Sacramental Test

     […] the project now in agitation […]

Synonyms

• emotion, commotion, excitement, trepidation, tremor, perturbation

Translations

References

• agitation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Danish

Noun

agitation c (singular definite agitationen, plural indefinite agitationer)

1. agitation

Declension

Further reading

• “agitation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agitatio. Surface analysis: agiter +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.?i.ta.sj??/

Noun

agitation f (plural agitations)

1. choppiness (of water), turbulence (in air), swaying (of branch etc.)
2. restlessness
3. bustle (of street, room etc.); activity
4. (nervous) agitation
5. (social) unrest

Descendants

• ? Romanian: agita?ie

Further reading

• “agitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).